The Atlanta Hawks traveled to southeast Texas for a Monday night bout with the Houston Rockets and MVP candidate James Harden. The Hawks hit the road (for one game) after they came out of the All-Star break with two home games back to back over the weekend, losing Friday night to Detroit before beating Phoenix on the following night.
Lloyd Pierce ran out a starting lineup of Trae Young, Kevin Huerter (in his first game back from an ankle injury that sidelined him coming out of the Break), Kent Bazemore, John Collins and Dewayne Dedmon, while Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni started Chris Paul, Harden, P.